All of the following are true about the populist party except:
a.
it was the only third party ever to have a presidential candidate elected.
b.
it influenced state politics in texas.
c.
it eventually faded from the national scene.
d.
it supported a popular candidate for president in the 1896 elections.

the answer is: the sesquicentennial of the american civil war is an occasion to consider the legacy of that great conflict. this legacy is our inheritance, and despite many indelible features, we continue to negotiate the resolution of that conflict. the civil war was fought over slavery, but not always on behalf of slaves

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.